Chap. 721.—An ACT for relief of O. F. East, a Confederate soldier.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas O. F. East, a disabled Confederate soldier of Virginia, was
a true and gallant soldier during the late war; was loyal to Virginia; and

Whereas he is now suffering from the following disabilities—to-wit:

Constitution broken down from service in the w: ar, and is afflicted with
cancer and rheumatism: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Prince Edward county shall examine into the condition of the
above-named O. F. East, a Confederate soldier, and should it be that he
was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now
afflicted and incapacitated | for manual labor, from the effects of service
in the Confederate army; that he is needy and poor and should receive
aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Prince Edward county
should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts
of Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed to place the
name of O. F. East on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum
of fifteen dollars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.